Statutory Instruments
PROTECTION OF WRECKS
Made
7th December 1988
Laid before Parliament
13th December 1988
Coming into force
3rd January 1989
The Secretary of State for Transport being satisfied that the site identified in Article 2 of this Order is, or may prove to be, the site of a vessel lying wrecked on or in the sea bed and that on account of the historical and archaeological importance of the vessel the site ought to be protected from unauthorised interference, after consulting with the persons referred to in section 1(4) of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973(1), in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1(1), (2) and (4) of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby orders as follows:—
1. This Order may be cited as the Protection of Wrecks (Designation No.1) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 3rd January 1989.
2.—(1) The site where a vessel lies, or is supposed to lie, wrecked on or in the sea bed, and in respect of which this Order is made, is in position Latitude 50° 18.96' North, Longitude 04° 11.57' West.
(2) The area within a distance of 250 metres of that position shall be a restricted area for the purposes of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Michael Portillo
Minister of State,
Department of Transport
7th December 1988
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order designates as a restricted area for the purposes of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 an area off Rame Head, Plymouth round the site of what is thought to be the wreck of a vessel which is of historical and archaeological importance. No part of the restricted area lies above high water mark of ordinary spring tides.